Singapore Medical Council

[2025] SGHC 148 High Court (General Division) 1 August 2025 HC/OA 708/2025 5 min read

2 cases cited

Key facts

Court	High Court (General Division)
Decided	1 August 2025
Judge	Choo Han Teck
Charges / claim	Civil Procedure
Counsel	Adsan Law LLC, Joel Jaryn Yap Shen, Tamara Au

Source: [2025] SGHC 148, High Court (General Division), decided 1 August 2025 — eLitigation. Updated 3 July 2026.

Catchwords

Civil Procedure – Extension of time – s 45(4) Medical Registrations Act

Practice Areas

Civil Procedure

Judges (1)

Choo Han Teck Delivered

Counsel (3)

Adsan Law LLC Firm Joel Jaryn Yap Shen Counsel Applicant Tamara Au Counsel Applicant

Parties (1)

Singapore Medical Council Applicant

Case Significance

[2025] SGHC 148 is a High Court (General Division) decision dated 1 August 2025 concerning Civil Procedure, specifically addressing extension of time. The judgment was delivered by Choo Han Teck. The judgment cites 2 cases.

[2025] SGHC 148 explained

Singapore Medical Council ([2025] SGHC 148) is a Singapore judgment decided by the High Court (General Division) on 1 August 2025. It is categorised under Civil Procedure. It is a recent decision; within this corpus no later judgment has cited it yet. This page summarises what the reported decision covers and links the primary sources — the full judgment, the statutes it cites, and the other cases it engages with — so the decision can be read in context. It is reference information, not legal advice, and it does not state the outcome or any holding beyond what the official judgment records.

What is [2025] SGHC 148 about?

Singapore Medical Council ([2025] SGHC 148) is a High Court (General Division) decision from 2025. Its published catchwords are “Civil Procedure – Extension of time – s 45(4) Medical Registrations Act”, which indicate the subject matter the judgment addresses. The full reasoning and orders are in the judgment itself, linked below.

Summary

The Singapore Medical Council applied for an extension of time under s 45(4) of the Medical Registration Act for its Complaints Committee to complete an inquiry into a doctor. The court granted the extension but criticised the SMC for filing the application too close to the expiry date and for providing an unclear affidavit that failed to properly set out the suspected misconduct, which involved backdating medical certificates.

What was decided in [2025] SGHC 148?

[2025] SGHC 148 (Singapore Medical Council) is a High Court (General Division) decision from 1 August 2025 addressing Civil Procedure, specifically extension of time. The judgment was delivered by Choo Han Teck.